Biography:John W. Dawson Jr.
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Short description: American mathematician
John W. Dawson Jr. | |
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| Born | February 4, 1944 Wichita, Kansas, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (BS) University of Michigan (PhD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Mathematics |
| Sub-discipline | Mathematical logic Set theory History of logic |
| Institutions | Princeton University Penn State York |
John W. Dawson Jr. (born February 4, 1944)[1] is an American academic who is an emeritus professor of mathematics at Penn State York.
Early life and education
Born in Wichita, Kansas, Dawson attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a National Merit Scholar before earning a doctorate in mathematical logic from the University of Michigan in 1972.[2]
Career
An internationally recognized authority on the life and work of Kurt Gödel, Dawson is the author of numerous articles on axiomatic set theory and the history of modern logic. From 1982 to 1984, he catalogued Gödel's papers at the Institute for Advanced Study. He also served as a co-editor of Gödel's Collected Works. He retired as co-editor-in-chief of the journal History and Philosophy of Logic.[3]
Books by Dawson
- John W. Dawson Jr, 1997. Logical Dilemmas: The Life and Work of Kurt Gödel, A. K. Peters, Wellesley, MA, ISBN:1-56881-256-6
- John W. Dawson Jr, 2015. Why Prove it Again? Alternative Proofs in Mathematical Practice, Springer, Chaim, ISBN:978-3-319-17367-2
Additional publications
- Dawson, John W. Jr. The published work of Kurt Gödel: an annotated bibliography. Notre Dame J. Formal Logic 24 (1983), no. 2, 255–284.
References
- ↑ Date information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF).
- ↑ John William Dawson Jr., Mathematics Genealogy Project. Accessed January 28, 2010
- ↑ Editorial Board, History and Philosophy of Logic, Taylor and Francis. Accessed January 28, 2010
External links
- Dr. John Dawson, personal webpage, Pennsylvania State University at York
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